Constitutional Amendments - Proposes amendments to Article II of the Constitution of Tennessee to establish an independent redistricting commission for state senate districts, state house of representative districts, and congressional districts. -

HJR 94 proposes a constitutional amendment to establish an independent redistricting commission for Tennessee's state Senate, state House, and congressional districts. The 13-member commission would be selected through a process requiring applicants to disclose political party affiliation (or non-affiliation) and then randomly chosen to ensure balanced representation from different political perspectives. Commissioners must meet strict qualifications, including not having held partisan office or worked as a lobbyist in the past six years, and would be barred from partisan office for five years after appointment. This change would shift redistricting responsibility from the legislature to a non-partisan body, aiming to reduce partisan influence in drawing district lines.